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The following
story is reported to be true,
but I can't verify that:
Robert the Bruce, a young
soldier, found
himself in a terrible battle during the Scottish Reformation
around 1300. The enemy was soundly defeating this young man's
army. He and his comrades found themselves hastily
retreating from the battlefield in defeat, running away in
fear of their very lives. The enemy gave chase. This young man ran
hard and fast, full of fear and desperation, and soon found
himself cut off from his comrades in arms.
He eventually came upon a rocky ledge containing a cave. Knowing
the enemy was close behind, and that he was exhausted from the chase, he
chose to
hide there. After he crawled in, he fell to his face in the darkness,
desperately crying to God to save him and protect him from his enemies.
When he looked up from his despairing plea for help, he saw a spider
beginning to weave its web at the entrance to the cave. As he watched
the
delicate threads being slowly drawn across the mouth of the cave, the
young soldier pondered its irony. He thought, "I asked God for
protection and deliverance, and he sent me a spider instead. How can a
spider save me?"
His heart was hardened, knowing the enemy would soon discover his hiding
place and kill him. And soon he did hear the sound of his enemies, who
were now scouring the area looking for those in hiding. One
soldier with a gun slowly walked up to the cave's entrance. As the
young man crouched in the darkness, hoping to surprise the enemy in a
last-minute desperate attempt to save his own life, he felt his heart
pounding wildly out of control.
As the enemy cautiously moved forward to enter the cave, he came upon
the spider's web, which by now was completely strung across the opening.
He backed away and called out to a comrade, "There can't be anyone
in here. They would have had to break this spider's web to enter
the cave. Let's move on."
Years later, this young man wrote about that ordeal. What he
observed has stood by me in times of trouble, especially during those
times when everything seemed impossible. He wrote: "Where God is, a
spider's web is as a stone wall. Where God is not, a stone wall is as a
spider's web."
--author unknown
I love that line. Where God is, a spider's web is as a stone wall.
Where God is not, a stone wall is as a spider's web. How true!
"We will
shout for joy when you are victorious and will lift up our banners in
the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your requests. Now I
know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy
heaven with the saving power of His right hand. Some trust in
chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our
God." (Psalm 20:5-7)
Have a
great week!
In Jesus'
name, Amen.
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